Shrieking

shrieking
    n 1: sharp piercing cry; "her screaming attracted the neighbors"
         [syn: {scream}, {screaming}, {shriek}, {shrieking},
         {screech}, {screeching}]
    2: a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry; "he ducked at
       the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the
       brakes" [syn: {screech}, {screeching}, {shriek}, {shrieking},
       {scream}, {screaming}]
    

Shriek \Shriek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shrieked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shrieking}.] [OE. shriken, originallythe same word as E.
   screech. See {Screech}, and cf. {Screak}.]
   To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds
   and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or
   anguish.
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         It was the owl that shrieked.            --Shak.
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         At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train
         Echoed her grief.                        --Dryden.
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37 Moby Thesaurus words for "shrieking":
      acute, argute, blinding, creaky, crude, ear-piercing, flaring,
      flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, howling, keen, keening,
      loud, lurid, overbright, penetrating, piercing, piping, raw, reedy,
      screaky, screaming, screeching, screechy, sharp, shrieky, shrill,
      squeaking, squeaky, thin, ululant, wailing, whining, whistling